Vulnerability CVE-2014-4040


Published: 2014-06-17

Description:
snap in powerpc-utils 1.2.20 produces an archive with fstab and yaboot.conf files potentially containing cleartext passwords, and lacks a warning about reviewing this archive to detect included passwords, which might allow remote attackers to obtain sensitive information by leveraging access to a technical-support data stream.

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
5/10
2.9/10
10/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Low
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Partial
None
None
Affected software
Powerpc-utils project -> Powerpc-utils 

 References:
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0384.html
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/06/17/1

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